New Orleans
Subtitle: the making of an urban landscape
By: Peirce F. Lewis.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Center for American Places in association with the University of Virginia Press; Distributed by the University of Virginia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Sante Fe, N.M; Charlottesville, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Human geography -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area.; New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) -- Social conditions.
Description: "This classic work in historical geography recounts the evolution of New Orleans, from its founding as a European city in the early seventeenth century up to the present time. The city's geographic location, at the entry to North America's largest river, has helped to shape the economic, social, and demographic character of New Orleans for nearly 300 years. In the midst of the Mississippi's huge swampy delta, the city's inhabitants have confronted an array of seemingly impossible environomental challenges.

But, in meeting them, the city's diverse ethnic groups - French, Spanish, Anglo-America, and African-American - have created a place with a history and culture unlike any other in North America.".

"New Orleans, now presented in a revised and greatly expanded second edition, tells the story of how this remarkable city acquired its special personality and geographic shape. Peirce Lewis describes the city's numerous and well-known charms, as well as its not-so-well-known shortcomings, in an engaging and even-handed manner that will surely appeal to general readers and students and scholars alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.